Dejan Davidovac ( sr-cyr, Дејан Давидовац; born 17 January 1995) is a Serbian professional

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player for

Crvena zvezda Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in B ...

of the Serbian KLS, the

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and the EuroLeague. Standing at , he mostly plays at the

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position.

Playing career

Davidovac started to play basketball in the youth ranks of his hometown's Proleter Naftagas. In the 2011–12 season, he played his first

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season. In 2012, Davidovac signed for Vršac Swisslion. Davidovac signed for

and was immediately loaned to FMP in March 2015, just before the start of the Serbian Super League season. On 30 September 2016, Davidovac made his

debut for FMP in a 78–76 loss to

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, making 7 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists. On 11 February 2017, Davidovac scored an Adriatic career-high 28 points to help defeat

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. Through 26

games in the 2016–17 season, Davidovac averaged 10.0 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game. On 13 September 2017, Davidovac signed a four-year contract with the

. On 22 October 2017, Davidovac made his debut for Crvena zvezda in the Adriatic League against

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, making his 3 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in 9 minutes of playing time. Two days later, on 24 October, Davidovac made his EuroLeague debut against Russian team

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, making two 2-point attempts and a rebound in under 6 minutes of playing time. Through 23 games in the 2017–18 Adriatic season, he averaged 5.6 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game. In 24 EuroLeague games, he recorded 6.5 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game. Through 17 games in the 2018 Serbian SuperLeague season, Davidovac averaged 7.9 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 1.4 steals per game. He won Serbian SuperLeague in the 2017–18 season. Davidovac averaged 6.2 points and 2.9 rebounds per game during the 2019–20 ABA season. On 8 September 2020, Davidovac signed a two-year contract extension with the Zvezda. On 26 June 2022, Davidovac signed for

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National team career

Davidovac was a member of the Serbian under-18 team that competed at the

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. Over nine tournament games, he averaged 7.2 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. Davidovac was a member of the Serbian under-20 team that won the gold medal at the

2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 18th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The competition took place in Lignano Sabbiadoro and Latisana, Italy, from 7 to 19 July 2015. Participating teams * (Runners-up, 2014 FIBA ...

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and

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, Italy. Over ten tournament games, he averaged 8.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.

Career statistics

Euroleague

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